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I saw this on Axios the other day:

“If you’re heading out into the world — or have a young person in your life who craves depth, or is trying to find their place in disorienting, tectonic times — (this) column in (the) New York Times is worth sharing, discussing and stress-testing.

“An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive” argues that “for anything that you care about — from your nation to your worldview to your favorite art form to your family — the key challenge of the 21st century is making sure that it’s still there on the other side.”

Douthat — whose new podcast, “Interesting Times,” aims to grapple with the cultural and cosmic consequences of technological acceleration — issues “an appeal for intentionality against drift, for purpose against passivity — and ultimately for life itself against extinction”:

“[H]ow much survives will depend on our own deliberate choices — the choice to date and love and marry and procreate, the choice to fight for particular nations and traditions and art forms and worldviews, the choice to limit our exposure to the virtual, not necessarily refusing new technology but trying every day, in every setting, to make ourselves its master.“

Douthat contends that to make it through our tech-induced “bottleneck,” as evolutionary biologists call it — a period of rapid pressure that threatens groups with extinction — “the necessary thing is to go out into reality and do“:

“Have the child. Practice the religion. Found the school. Support the local theater, the museum, the opera or concert hall, even if you can see it all on YouTube. Pick up the paintbrush, the ball, the instrument. Learn the language — even if there’s an app for it. Learn to drive, even if you think soon Waymo or Tesla will drive for you. Put up headstones, don’t just burn your dead. Sit with the child, open the book, and read.“

You can read the full article as a free gift HERE.

God, I wish every person in America and the free world would read this and act upon it today!